Ada Joe was born in Waco, Texas, to the late George and Sammie Lee Stewart Benns. Ada attended and graduated from A.J. Moore High School in 1948. She accepted Christ at an early age and became a member of the First Baptist Church N.B.C. of Waco and Edwards Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Waco, TX.

In June, 1947, Ada married Frank Nunn, Sr. Ada was employed with the Texas Employment Commission where she worked until her retirement in 1992. She was on the Board of Directors for the Community Development Center of Waco.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Nunn, Sr.; twin sons, Ronald and Donald Nunn; brothers, Joe Sr., Harold, and William Benns; and sisters, Billie Jean, Georgia, Betty Ann, and Lou Ella Benns.